Fine speed governor for motor engines



June 2,-1931. R. MlcHl.

FINE SPEED GOVERNOR FOR MOTOR ENGINES Filgd May 18 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet l n w .w 9 ,h .I. .q z m L i.

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Junez,1931. RMiCHL 1,807,698

FINE SPEED GOVERNOR FOR MOTOR ENGINES Filed May 1a, 1925 2 shets-shei 2 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ Y?. lili/@lv L,

Patented June 2, 1931 THE HAMMOND cLoqx coMPAnY, or CHI warm i 1 CAGO, ILLINOIS, A CRPORATION OF DELA-- anni SPEED lGovrmton Application vled lay 18, 1925, Serial No.

' Y My present'invention relates to the autol by the A. C., generators is adapted for the regulation of their speed, to obtain suchv unimatic regulation of prime movers (such as are in use vin electric power generating sta; tions), which are already provided withf) a: speed-governor for the automatic coarse regf ulation; and more particularly,`the purposer of theinvetion is,- to provide for such prime movers and for the alternating current generators driven by them an automatic', tine formity, that the heavy current net-work fedi' immediate and proper drive ofcl-ockwork in-A stallations, which maybe connected thereto. To this eiect it is desirable to limit the fluc' tuations in the frequency of the produced lalternative 4:current to fractions of a cyele A per second.

so y 4tric circuit through vthe `shaft of the ditfer-4 tact making device shownin the lower part For the purpose of effecting such fine regulation" according to my invention I rovide, a differential gea-r, which I put under t 1e combined controlof the heavy current network and of any suitable standard timepiece, and

the resulting movements: of this differential i gear I u se by the mediating means of a relay and of an auxiliary motor for operating the the primemovers. i. 1

It is an important-feature inmy new and improved regulating device, that 1n the elecential gear and'through the relay controlling contacts a periodically acting'current interrupter is inserted, which divides the controlling current into single impulses, between which the regulator is givensutiicient time, to re-adjust itself to its persistent condition, avoiding thus the oscillating of the regulator abme and below its correct position, whichis frequently observed in other constructions. Another characteristic feature of my invention is the use of a particularly designed interrupter inserted in series with the relay actuating circuit; this interrupter isl controlled by a speed responsive device in the' form of a pendulum regulato` rotated by the synchronous motor which ldri-ves one side of the dierentialgearingLand is adapte-d to open said Yrelay actuatin circuit when saidV motor` comes to a stanv and, furtherron-Mo'ron ENGINES 31,186, and in'ermanyifza, 192e.

arresting the standard time-piece in to stop the differential gearing.v

more, order In order to have a permanent and a mo`` mentary control for the'maintaining by the Atine governor of the speed, I prefer to-combine withthe differential. gear an indicating and`recordipg instrument, yvhi'ch indicates, by a hand, deviations fronjthe average speed, and which records the same on a tape. A Although this latter construction is not claimed in the present patent application,'I have thought it useful to describe it, and to-show it fROBEB'I' MICHL, OF XOSICII, yCZECHOSLOVAKIA,'ASSIGNQR-, BY'MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0

in the drawings,V for the sake of the'completen'ess of the construction.

In order to make clearer-my invention, I i

shall 'proceed now to explain by way' of example a preferred embodiment, shown in the accompanying drawings,in which all those constructive elements are omitted, which ane not essential, to make the invention unde'rstood. In the drawings:

' Figure 1 shows the diagram of connections for the rough regu1ator,its auxiliary moto).` for the fine regulation, together with the re-C lay and ythe contact making devices for the Acontrol ofthe relay. fine regulation of the regulator controlling IFigure 2 shows mainly in elevation and partly in'section diagrammatically the ldifferential gear and` the parts controlling its movement.

Figure 3 shows a modification of the conknown construction the speedof which has to `be regulated by the fine speed governor.-

The one -bevel wheel d is electrically drivenfrom the motor-engine .to be regulated, for instance by a lsmal synchronous motor, of

Vcurrent driven by a steam turbine, of .any e `which only the .rotor g is shown in 2, 1

which may be of the type shown in my Reissue Patent No. 17,779, granted lAugust 26, 1930.

The driving motion is transmitted in order v to reduce the speed, through the intermediary of a wormand worm wheel transmission h, to the spur gear' z', and thence to a r0- tating current-interrupter l built in between the spur wheel z', andthe bevel geard instationary connection, and designed to temporarily interrupt the-currentsupply to theregulating motor a or to the control relay Flg. 1. Thebevel gear c is driven through the intermediary of the spur wheels 'n and n from a precision clock work,or from a standard time piece of any construction, the drawing indicating dlagrammatically a timing device with a pendulum escapement m. `While the'. direction of rotation of bevel gear d is opposite that of bevel d the ratio of transmission of these two bevel gears is selected so that the speeds of revolution of the two bevel' gears c and d are absolutely equalwhen` the prime mover is operating at the correct speed.' In this case the planetary pinion e rotates around its axis only, since it is driven from the two bevel gears c and d in the same direction and at the same speed. s

Its position does therefore not change. As soon, however, as thespeed of the prime mover lags or leads relative to the speed4 of the Y time piece, this difference is expressed by'a grating movement of the planeta y pinion e around the axle b of the two beve gears c v 'and d which movement, when the revolution as of the rime mover lags, istransmitted to the sha b in the one sense and, when it leads,

in the gpposite sense of revolution. The con-- tactfm mgparts for controllingthe motor 'a to be described hereinafter can( therefore, be operated from this shaft b, in the simplest m nner.

n'the form of construction ofthe control! .contact mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the contact lever o is arrangedbetween the two contact screws p and p. It is, however, not mounted on the differential drivin shaft b, but connected, on the one hand, by a` link pressed by ,a`pressure bearin r against the the shaft b, and normally pressed into the cavity s of'said disk. The pressure is exerted by the spring t (Fi 2) the tension of which is to be regulatefdJ y the pressure screw t. Atthe lower'end ofthe contact lever o a small metallic roller o is-arrangedvwhich rolls on the metal disk a when the disk rotates.v At normal service the roller o of the contact lever o engages with the cavity s of4 disk .s and is thus,rv electrically connected with the metallic shaft yb upon which the temporary current interrupter l is rotatably mounted which produces a periodical `current7 connection by means of spring Z. a5

jare insulated from-one another.

; circular metal disk s shiftab y mounted onVJ This spring z' .a eactricauy wnnecdbytery or-the like 36, the other side of which is connected by line 36" to the electromagnetic' coils 24, 25 of the electricrelay, from which otherwires 24', 25 lead back to the contact screws p and p. -J v' 1 Between the two electromagnets 24 and 25 the armature 26 is built in; this armature carries two contact pins 26 and 26 which The contact pin 26' ,is connected up by a wire 35. to the main current supply 39, as is also the contact pin 26" by the wire 35.-' Opposite the contact pins are located the pairs of controlling contacts 27 and 28. the first pair of which `the line 36" to the one snide of a low-tension batis connected up to the switch 29 bymeans of 1,

wires 37, and the other pair is connected up to the switch 29 by the wires 38. From both switches wires run in usual manner to the vmotor a for the fine-regulation purpose. The motor is, besides, ,connected up to .the main current supply 39 by a third wire 35".

The shaft` of the motor a is provided` with a worm (not shown) gearing with a Wormwheel 30, which can be rotated, but not shifted axially, and rotates the spindle 3l in the one or the other direction according to the direction of rotation-of the motor. Y The s indle carries nut .31? which is axially shi ble, but not rotatable, and is aiiixed to an end of 'a double-lever 32 fulcrumed at the regulator frame on a pivot 32. The other ai'm 32 of this lever acts in usual manner upon the 'regulator 33 `for the fine regulation of this latter. f

#The working of the new regulating device is as follows: The coarse regulation of the motor engine, is ete'cted in the well known A. l

usual way by the means of the coarse regulator 33.` lThe line regulation is veffected by the intermediary `ofthe electric motor a, of

mentl of the gears 0d, `e and alcorrespondwith the guide lever g and on the other hand, i 111g l'otatlon 0f the Shaft b with the disk 8,

which will shift the contact lever o ito the one or to the other side.- As soon as the laterally shifted contact lever o touches the contact or the contact p', the correspondilfg electromagnet 24 or l25 is inserted into the electric circuit of the battery36, which circuit-is closed''through the contact spring l',`

means of the worm-gear 30, will rotate'the shaft 31,v which screws the end of the lever 32 either up 'or down, as the Qcase may be, n and the displacement of the other end 32 of the lever 32, which swings round the ,pivot is attracted by it, will close the electric cir-A cuit through the .plugs 26', 26, 28, wires 38 Iand' through the switch 29` tothe 'electromoltor a, turning the latter. in the opposite direction, say upward. The motora in its turn will rotatethe'shaft 31, and the `latter will shift the lever 32, in the op osite direction, which resultsin acorrespon ing fine regulation of the regulator 33 andv of the motorengine controlled by the latter. In the embodiment of the invention shown, )the right hand e'nd of the lever 32 is pro- -videdfurther with -av trigger orr finger 29" which'in a well known manner at the-end `of the upward pr. downward travel o the lever 32 effects an automatic opening o' the switch .29 -or129 respectively, preventing thereby any excess in the working ofthe fine regulation. i Thel intermediateriodical current inter- Aruper l, l which is lnserted in the low volt- 35 age-circuit serves to give to the regulator ^duringfthefintervals ofcurrent interruption, time to resume the state of inertia and to Aaiwidftheljeby a riodical opening andtclos-l V.fili of the regu ator. 40 f l at great variations of load, the disk s rotates further Athan' the position of the contact: screws ,p and p permits, the -roller of the contact levero will be"pushed out of rthe cavity s' of disk s when the contact lever has struck-against one or the other of vthese ,"co'nt-a'cts, so that the roller rolls yon the'circumfei'ential .edge o f the disk when .the disk u* contiiluesto rotate, the Vcontrol contact bein clbsed, until, the control element frthe 50. vdriving period for the motor engine having been opened dr closed for a suiciently flong 'ti`me, abackward differential movement of `the-metalpdisk s begins and the cavity a draws Ithe roller and it the contact' lever :isv o along whereby the closed controLcontact lLr pf -issfinterrupted again. Correction 1s thnsfmade for'thecumulative error in thev .apeedofV revolution of the prime mover.v l Since inthe contact making part as shown K in Figs.:1 and, 2, the" control contact o-p or o-premainsfclo'sed even during' the back-` ward or; return rotation of the metal disk s,

i e. gaafter the `cori-ect revolution speed of the rune' mover has been reached or exceeded,

w. a isady;sat 1e to insert into the electriceen.

nections betweenrthe controlcontacts p and` p and the control relay l24, 25 a contact mechanism as 'shown in Fig.'3, which uponv Ymovementtoward the ,contacts p2-`p3-p p closes the contacts and opens the same upon a backwardmovement, without interfering with the differential movement of the gearing. This is accomplished according to Figure 3, with the aid of the control lever o', which bears with a broadened shoe o? on the friction disk s2, and which has a rear abutment in the pressure bearing r. The contact lever o is covered at its both sides by a layer of insulating material, and on the insulating layers are fixed Contact plates contacts 124,122 respectively. These are convnected by wiresv not shown to the axle b. If the movement of the shaft b and of the disk sfshifts the control lever o to the right side, then the contact plate 'u' establishes electric connection between vthe contact plugs p2 and p3, which, by the means of correv, a in the path of which reach the two sponding leads 25', axle b, interrupten l, convtact spring Z', line 36', battery'36 and line 36'" close the electric circuit of the right sidej 25 oflthe relayk for the fine re ation. If 'the reverse rotation of-the sha t b and disk s2 shifts the control lever o to the left side, then the right side contacts of the plate 'u' are o ned and the left-side contact plate v esta lishes electric connection between the contactplugs p* and p, closing thereby the electric circuit by the leads 24- ov'er b, l, l',

36', 36 and 36"- to the left side 24 of the relay-forthe line regulation. The contact latest) and lv are rotatably mounted on an intermediate piece lc rotatably mounted at k in the lever o.- A secure closing of the contacts is thus obtained. a. 9*

\ The adjustability of tlie duration of `the \current closing and interrupting is also important for the" periodical current interrupt'er v shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The contact surfaces of the rotor l are therefore, asshown in Fig. 2, of varying widths and the contact spring l is laterally adjustable. Y f* In the current conductors for controllingl -i the motor a or the relayof the same a contact making means 02p l(Fig. 2) ymay further be inserted which, when the' synchronous drivingmotor g is at standstill, is controlled interrupts `the contacts o, p or holdsr the by the auxiliary pendulum regulator fw and between the twl points w, :vf of the line 4*24", so

that the vcurrent passes through the contacts` p prior to the contact p. By this arrange- `-anent any actuation of the fine regulation of the motor engine can be prevented when the i synchronous driving motorr g is stopped. The pendulum regulator w is mounted on the rotor g ofthe synchronous motor. The adjusting Iring fw is connectedy with the control lever o2 which maintains the contact -with the contact `piece p only 'durin the service of the synchronous moftor g or o the motor engine but. interrupts the same when these motors are stopped. fIn order to avoid an incorrect action when the synchronous motor gshould -stop, the lever o2 controlled by the pendulum regulator w can be made to engage by means of a prolongation in. with the escapement m of the clockwork so that this lever o2 catches the pendulum m only when the synchronous `motor g-stops in theswung reely during the.

out position but lets the pendulum swing service.

The automatic recording of the control proceedings of the driven mechanism may be effected mechanism.

On the driving shaftb of the differential by means of the .following gear c, d, e an armv 11 is arranged which is frictionally clamped on the shaft b, so thatV it rotates under. normal conditions with the shaft b and yieldsv only when at excessive oscillation damaging of the indicating mechanism might occur. The portion of arm 11 above the shaft b forms a. hand 12 moving over a conventional'iscale 13. At normal service, e. gf medium period number, .the

hand points always to zero. Only at. deviations in the one or other direction it indicates by the amplitude of its movement the increase or decreaseof the period number. The lower part of arm 11 carries a Writing implement consisting of an ink reservoir 14 and of a.`

stylus 15 moving'over a tape 16. This tape winds of a bobbin 17, passes'over the abutpended on the arm 11 and loaded by a counter weight 21 sov that it remains always in the perpendicular position so that the ink cabnnot flow over when the arm executes an oscillation of great amplitude.

I claim:

1. The combination with a coarse regulator for a turbo generator set, a 'distribution system supplied by thev generatorset, a fiile regulating device for exact d regulation, a motor for operating saiddiiice, a control circuit forl said motor, a differential gearing including a planet pinion, a 4synchro- A nous motor in the system for driving one side of the gearing, a standard time piece for driving the other side of said gearing, a con-Q tact lever'for closing said circui a disk associated' with the contact lever a d controlling the-movement thereof, a current interrupter controlledby vthe synchronous motor Leonesa for temporarily interrupting vsaidcircuit, as and for the purposec set forth.

. 25111 combination with a coarse regulator nous motor for driving one side of the gearother side of said gearing, a planet inion included in the gearing, an electric ircuit in` luencing the regulating device, a contact e lever in said circuit, a disk associated with the planet pinion controlling the movement of the lever, a current interrupter associated with said circuit for temporarily interrupting the flow of current therethrough, a centrifugal weight driven by the synchronous motor, and contact mechanism in said circuit controlled by said weight.

3. The combinationof a coarse speed regulator for a turbo-generator set, a fine regulating device for more nearly exact speed regulation of said turbo-generator set, said device including a reversible motor, a synchronous motor supplied with current from said generator, a `differential -gearing including a planetary pinion and having one side thereof connected to` said synchronous mor, a. standard time piece connected to drive the other side ofsaid differential gearing, a disc connected to said planetary pinion so as to be rotated by the revolving movement of the ying', a standard time piece for'd'riving the latter, two normally open circuits for controlling said reversible motor and having a, common conductor, a contactor operated upon predetermined movement ofi said planetary kpinion in one direction to close one ofsaid circuits and to close the other of said circuits upon a predetermined movement of said inion in the opposite direction, and means or periodically interrupting the current flow through the common conductorl ofsaid circuits. v n

. 4. In apparatus for 4controllin the speed of a turbo-generator set, the com ination of a synchronous-motor supplied with current from said generator, a standard'time piece, a differential gearing having the sides thereof llO driven respectively by said synchronous mo- `1115 i tor and said time piece, said differential gearing having an element movable only upon the variation in the speeds of operation of said synchronous motor and said standard time piece, a reversible motor arranged to control the governing of the speed of said turbo- .'generator, circuits `adapted to be closed upon predetermined movement of said gearmg element for controlling the 4direction of rotal tion of said lastinamed motor, and adjustable periodically operable means. for interrupting` said control circuits.' v

5. In apparatus'for controllin the speed of a turbo-generator set, the combmation of a ,synchronous motor supplied with current .130

l Vr"from said eritor, mndrd'e Pige derentia gearing having the sides thereof driven respectively by said chronous motor and said time piece, said erential gear- 5 inghavingan element movable only upon avavx'iation in the-speeds of operation of said synchronous motor and said standard time piece, va reversible motor arranged to, control the governing of the speed of said. turbo-genera;-

lo tor, 'circults adapted to be closed 'npon pre- Ydetermined movement of said gearing ele` ment for controlling the directlonof rota-` tionjlof said last-nam motor, and means res.

sponsive to cessation of operation ofsaid A 15 synchronous motor to open said control cir- Y cuits and stop said time ieee.

In testimonywhereof aix my si 'ature.

i l vROBERT M1 

